HUMOR: What Europe Will Look Like In 2035 If Russian Tabloids Have Their Way

[Paul B. Gallagher]

For our colleagues' amusement, since they can read the maps and know 
what's behind them:

"Two years ago, the Russian tabloid Express Gazeta published a series of 
maps depicting its vision of Europe 23 years hence. Given the recent 
tensions in Ukraine and elsewhere, the maps are proving disturbingly 
prescient a mere two years later — which hasn't gone unnoticed by 
Russian nationalists.

"According to Express Gazeta, the maps were compiled after analyzing 
'open source' information from the CIA, GRU (Russian intelligence), and 
a number of research institutes, along with Alvin Toffler, Zbigniew 
Brzezinski and Samuel Huntington. It's a dubious claim at best.

"Not surprisingly, the maps are, in the words of Foreign Policy's Frank 
Jacobs, 'a cartographic illustration of Russian wish fulfillment, 
reflecting the hopes and frustrations of at least a small segment of 
Russian public opinion.' And indeed, though the maps were compiled in 
2012, a nationalist Russian blog recently republished them with renewed 
enthusiasm given the events in Ukraine."

Full article, with links to the originals:

<http://io9.com/what-europe-will-look-like-in-2035-if-russian-tabloids-1587988556>

I trust all will exercise commendable restraint and not turn this into a 
sandbox spat. I post it only for its entertainment value.

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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